CAA Sports’ agent, Aaron Mintz, told ESPN that six-time All-Star forward Paul George has signed a maximum contract extension with LA Clippers, guaranteeing him $ 226 million over the next five years.
The Clippers are extending George’s contract for an additional four years at the top of its .4 35.4 million guarantee for the 2020-21 season, topping 190 190 million.
George had a one-player option for the 2021-22 season that will be replaced with a four-year extension, including a new player option for the 2024-25 season, Mintz said.
The number of contracts is likely to be affected by the low annual percentage increase in the salary cap due to significant losses in the league’s revenue. George Clippers is entitled to pay 35% of the total salary cap.
The extension is linked to a four-year, 13 7,137 million deal that George signed with Oklahoma City Thunder in 2018. All in all, George will sign that Thunder deal and turn the deal into a total of seven years and 0 290 million.
George, 30, was determined to return to his Southern California origins and is now committed by agreement with the Clippers by the head of his career.
The expansion strengthens one of the Clippers ’grassroots players in the long run, with a wide package of players to acquire George in early free agency early 2019 and a franchise preference after the surrender of draft elections. The catalyst for a free-agent deal with the Clippers to lubricate Leanard and to create the expected follow-up to compete for the NBA Championships.
The next step in securing the franchise’s future will be to re-sign Leonard, who could become a free agent later this season.
George was the first-team All-NBA player for the Thunder in 2018-19 and has been voted in the All-NBA Third Team four times. It has been a four-time defensive first or second team.
He made a significant comeback from a devastating leg injury he suffered in the summer of 2014, playing with Team USA. After missing most of the 2014-15 season, George again removed the uncertainty about whether he would become an elite player again in the NBA.
In the 10 NBA season with Indiana pacers, Thunder and Clippers, George averaged 20.0 points, 6.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.7 steels per game.
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